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Feds threaten Reason.com with subpoenas

Submitted by Edgar on Thu, 06/25/2015 - 7:33pm

When Judge Katherine Forrest sentenced Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road website for black market goods, to life in prison without the possibility of parole, it did not go down well with libertarians who see him merely as a facilitator for those engaged in victimless crimes such as narcotics use. Equally alarming is the heavyhanded way the government is going after those who posted critical comments about the judge’s decision, crass as some of those comments may be.